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by bobthepanda 2177 days ago
With trains the cost/benefit is greater than just stopping the crash from taking a life. Train/car collisions are messy and require fixing the infrastructure that has been disrupted (a collision/derailment will most likely screw up the tracks and any equipment in the way); and the train line will be out of service for the better part of a day, at least.